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Ed West

Ed West is a writer and journalist. His previous books include Tory Boy and The Diversity Illusion. He writes the Wrong Side of History substack.

Jun 1

Make poetry when the sun shines! (And expect four inky fingers for every green thumb) 🌱

Kate Clanchy has been teaching people to write poetry for more than twenty years. Some were old, some were young; some were fluent English speakers, some were not.

In #HowtoGrowYourOwnPoem Kate shares the poems she has found provoke the richest responses, the exercises that help to shape those responses into new poems, and the advice that most often helps new writers build their own writing practice.

Available now 🖋️

#creativewriting #art #writingcommunity #poetry #poetsofinstagram #summerwriting #poets #writersofinstagram #instapoets #poetryworkshop #bookstagram #igreads #booklover

May 25

Three thousand years ago, deep inside the forests of India, a great ‘thought revolution’ was brewing. In those forest labs, the brightest thinker–philosophers contemplated the universe, reflected on ancient texts called the Vedas and came up with startling insights into questions we still don’t have final answers to, like:

• What is the universe made of?
• How do I know I’m looking at a tree when I see one?
• Who am I?

And where did they put those explosive findings? In a sprawling body of goosebumpy and fascinating oral literature called the Upanishads!

This joyful, fun guide to some of India’s longest-lasting secular wisdoms, reinterpreted for first-time explorers by @roopa.pai, is guaranteed to keep you turning the pages.

#TheVedasandUpanishadsForChildren is available now from all good bookstores and online.

#bookstagram #igreads #paperback #vedas #upanishads #thegita #wisdom #kidsbooks #reading #secularwisdom #Indianwisdom #booksfromIndia #philosophy #ThursdayThought #booksforkids

May 24

Congratulations to @danierunosferatu 🎉

His debut novel #MerciasTake has been shortlisted for The Betty Trask prize in the @thesocietyofauthors 2023 awards.

Judge Alex Preston said: ‘Our shortlist is brilliant and wide-ranging, a sign that our literary future is in very good hands’.

The winners will be announced at 29 June at Southwark Cathedral. More information on our blog - link in bio 🔝

#bookawards #SoAwards #BettyTraskprize #BettyTrask #bookprize #shortlisted #debutnovel #bookstagram #igreads #19thcentury #historicalfiction #industrialrevolution #newtalent

May 22

Travel to 1521 with the powerful novel #RedSmokingMirror by Nick Hunt, publishing 6 July 🌋

'With #RedSmokingMirror Nick Hunt has created the love child of JG Ballard and @ursulakleguin' - @pocockjoanna

'A vivid, richly inhabited account which rings with authenticity, both in its detail and in its emotional impact' - Cynan Jones

'Taut, poised and powerful. There's not a spare word ... Hunt has produced something truly special' - Charles Foster

The year is 1521 in the Mexica city of Tenochtitlan. Twenty-nine years earlier, Islamic Spain never fell to the Christians, and Andalus launched a voyage of discovery to the New Maghreb.

For two decades the Jewish merchant Eli Ben Abram, who led the first ships across the sea, has maintained a delicate peace in the Moorish enclave of Moctezuma’s breathtaking capital, assisted by his Nahua wife Malinala. But the emperor has been acting strangely, sacrifices are increasing at the temples, a mysterious sickness is spreading through the city, and there are rumours of a hostile army crossing the sea…

Available for pre-order. DM for advance copy review requests.

#bookstagram #igreads #booklover #reading #newbooks #hardback #ursulakleguin #joannapocock #bookquote #jgballard #praisequote #mustread #historicalfiction #fiction #mexica #cynanjones #cove #charlesfoster #cryofthewild #preorder #voyage #discovery

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